10.12.2013

fifteen further



sea outside window. see her birthplace, blanket of sky turned under.

sea toes, wrinkled and damp. plash of light break upon sip.
bells of boats, goats.

her bellow fills chamber with toddling grief.

throne below salt toe. patter upon marble stair.
kerosene, a sudden crisis. scene for a mother’s sight. 
cry. sigh. absence of care. 

sea song at night. see treetops to coast.

toe upon sift. tenacious as tide. 

she learns how to drift.

fourteen forward

 the return is reassuring            blue moon on harvest

she curries okra and corn, decants solstice plant

vision of girl with guitar reminds her of
dream's effort to persist

one star comes into view

she is torn between urge to emulsify and urge to distil

single pointedly she targets the trek

thirteen moons

they were both on a ship
he wrestled with dark force :: she climbed stairwells 
he was certain he would triumph
she was lost and searching for seats
people lined up at exits
each room was unique
courtesy phone was impossible

twelve selvage



he is presented with an awkward possibility
there is no answer in ice cubes
the couldn't bees are louder than the cans 
it is not his style of music
her eyes tease and shift
she asks him to pop the tab
they tap feet to a tedious jazz
vocabulary he chooses breaks against wall
rancid stench emerges
she lightly touches his arm and leaves a trail of honey

eleven levitate



cloak of day snapped          tassels and velvet orchestra

to mine the clouds     deep gray hillock     eye of tree

a parting has occurred          water pools between ridges

nuthatch descends head first while cattails switch

ecco of songbird fills tunnel and emerges as a worthy character

tall stalks entwined with whisper and jostle 
are topped with beacons

in linen gown she climbs mound
 under gaze of wise tree she wades through grasses
 small birds keen from scrub as she kneels by craggy pond 

she bathes in spring and swallows her scars